The biography of Concubine Lin in the harem

Chapter 110

On a moonlit night, Luoshui is bone-chillingly cold (1)

In Yining Palace, the half-rolled long curtain of water-blue glazed beads sieves into the thin sunlight, Zhu Chengbi half leans half on the long couch in the color of Concubine Yang, and the blue satin floor pillow filled with orchid grass is flat and gold embroidered with whole branch pine and crane patterns There is a soft rustling sound, like a drizzle, which makes people feel comfortable physically and mentally.

Sitting opposite Zhu Chengbi, Kapok lightly brushed his hands over the armrest of the chair with rose cloud pattern carved in Huanghuali, and bowed slightly, with an apologetic expression on his face: "May the queen mother be blessed and safe! Please forgive my wife for being inconvenient. I really can't." Salute to the Empress Dowager."

Holding the blue-and-white porcelain spoon with his slender fingertips, Zhu Chengbi turned slightly in the Doucai teacup, and dug out a piece of red almond rose cheese. Ning He smiled: "Has it been ten months?"

Kapok smiled slightly, and took a cup of donkey-hide gelatin and jujube cheese from Zhuyu: "Yes, this child doesn't seem to want to come out, but it makes my wife very tired every day."

Zhu Chengbi's eyes dimmed, and then he smiled warmly, very naturally: "It seems that this child is very close to you."

Zhu Yu also echoed with a smile: "Don't worry, Mrs. Chang'an County, the young master will be very filial to you in the future."

Mu Mian accepted Zhu Yu's blessing with a smile, and turned her eyes to look around: "In the past, Aunt Zhu Xi was always with the Empress Dowager, why didn't she see her today?"

Zhu Chengbi smiled faintly, his eyes lightly lifted up, as if they were about to fall into a remote and endless place: "Zhu Xi went to Shouqi Palace, Zhuang and Concubine Zhuang are feeling unwell these days."

Seeing Kapok nodding thoughtfully, Zhu Chengbi brushed a few strands of hair from his temples, seemingly unintentionally asking, "Where is Zhu Qizhen? Didn't he enter the palace with you?"

Mu Mian hurriedly said: "Just now, the emperor summoned him to the Hall of Yiyuan."

Zhu Chengbi raised his eyes, glanced at the gloomy sky outside the window, and shook his head: "It's only two or three days, I thought the weather would clear up, but today, the sky is so bad, dark, so boring." After that, Zhu Chengbi smiled faintly, looking at the silver-gilt green luan hairpin protruding from the kapok-like cloud high bun, "Zhu Qizhen is the new Minister of the Ministry of War, your house must be full of guests." Yes. Yes, Zhu Qizhen is young, not yet 30 years old, and now it seems that the position of prime minister is just around the corner."

Mu Mian was not very happy, a trace of melancholy and loneliness flashed in his eyes, but he only had a peaceful smile and said: "That's because the empress dowager and the emperor bothered to mention something, otherwise, my husband would not be able to achieve anything. Regardless of whether my husband can become a prime minister in the future, he will be loyal to the queen mother and the emperor."

Zhu Chengbi nodded lightly, and the expression on his face became more peaceful: "If Zhu Qizhen hadn't acted well, Aijia might not have been able to eradicate the regent. Of course, you are also responsible for this. This child is very lucky. Being born with a golden spoon in his mouth, he must be able to achieve great success in the future, which will make the world envious."

Zhu Qizhen walked slowly in Yongxiang, and the emperor's enthusiastic voice still echoed in his ears: "Qizhen, besides the King of Runan, I trust you the most now! I promise you the position of Minister, and you have to do things well. Together with you, we will create the prosperity of the Great Zhou Dynasty!"

Zhu Qizhen shook his head slightly, the emperor, when did he trust himself so much?Is it because he knew that he was lonely and became the empress dowager and placed beside the regent?Is it from him that he participated in the eradication of the regent?Or is it because he saw his decisiveness and fierceness in the process of purging the regent's party?

Zhu Qizhen has no way to think about it, but the position of Shangshu is a fatal temptation.

I thought about it, when Sun Chuanzong was rehabilitated, he would leave the capital with his wives and concubines, find a good place with beautiful mountains and rivers, and raise the child in Kapok's womb.

But, isn't it my previous ambition to be a minister?

There is only one thing, so that I still have some doubts and apprehensions. The Empress Dowager looks at me, and the eyes become colder and colder day by day.

"Zhu Shangshu!"

A calm and solemn female voice brought Zhu Qizhen back to his thoughts. He stopped and looked back, smiling slightly: "It's Aunt Zhuxi, why are you here?"

Zhu Xi pursed his lips and smiled, took a step forward, bent his knees and said: "The Empress Dowager ordered the servants to wait here for Master Zhu."

Before the words were finished, the breath of bamboo beckoned gently, and a little court lady came forward with a delicate vermilion lacquer plate painted with golden clouds, dragons and phoenix patterns. There is a cool and delicate luster in the sky.

Zhu Xi's face was like a calm lake, she skillfully poured a glass of wine, and skillfully handed it to Zhu Qizhen, with a smile and a proper posture: "The regent has a clean party, Master Zhu has made a lot of achievements, and now he is a member of the Ministry of War. It's time for the book, the empress dowager knows that the adults work hard every day, so she specially ordered the slaves to give the adults a cup, the pear blossoms are white."

Hearing the word "Pear Blossom White", Zhu Qizhen's brows twitched violently, like a candle in the wind. He glanced at the sweet and clear Qiongye in front of him, and smiled slowly: "My minister is puzzled, the empress dowager Wouldn't it be better to give wine at Yining Palace? Why choose Yongxiang?"

Bamboo breath and willow eyebrows slightly raised: "The Empress Dowager's will is unpredictable, and the slaves don't know about it. Maybe Master Zhu can go to Yining Palace to ask the Empress Dowager after drinking."

Zhu Qizhen's eyes were focused on the uncut jade wine glass, and a deep smile appeared on the corner of his lips, like a dark surge in the depths of clear water: "What if I don't drink it?"

"Madam of Chang'an County is in Yining Palace, adults will not stop drinking. Presumably adults know that if you make things difficult for your servants here, the Empress Dowager will make things difficult for Madam in Yining Palace."

Zhu Qizhen took a staggered step, and pressed Zhu Xi's slightly evasive eyes in disbelief: "Since my aunt is so eloquent, why doesn't she dare to look me in the eyes? Tell me, why does the Queen Mother want me to die?"

Seeing that Zhu Qizhen knew it clearly, Zhu Xi simply stopped concealing it, and said brightly: "Your Excellency should be as clear as a mirror in his heart. Every time the Queen Mother sees you, she will remember that you provoked her to deal with it that day. The regent's thought is that you joined forces with Fu Wanting to persuade the empress dowager. It was you who turned red in the lotus lake, and it was you who wrote the words on the meteorite. You worked hard, not for the empress dowager, but for yourself "Zhu Xi paused for a moment, and deliberately emphasized his tone, "What's more, it was you who shot the arrow in Yongxiang that day, and the regent was escorted by it. If it wasn't for you, how could the regent die?"

Zhu Qizhen smiled sadly and pressed his chest tightly, as if there was a raging fire in his heart and lungs. He shouted sharply: "I am the one who turned red in the lotus lake, and I am the one who carved the words on the meteorite! I am indeed not for the Queen Mother, I want to pass on the lineage! But, to get to the bottom of it, if the queen mother refuses, will the regent die? On that day, it was the queen mother who asked me to shoot the arrow!"

Zhu Xi's eyes were cold and without a trace of compassion, she stated quietly, as if she was not ordered to take someone's life: "Yes, but as long as you exist for a day, the empress dowager will be filled with regret, and only when you leave, the empress dowager can Have a little peace of mind. To put it simply, what you see is what you see."

Zhu Qizhen's gaze became cold inch by inch, he shook his head, and a few words burst out of his throat, like a blue will-o'-the-wisp: "No, there is another reason."

Zhu Xi's voice was deep: "You are already a minister, and you have a good way of killing and killing. You have the shadow of the regent, and the empress dowager is worried that one day, you will become the second Marquis of Boling. Moreover, you will be more powerful than me." Marquis Boling is even worse, how did Jiang Chengyu die so tragically? The Empress Dowager knows that you have lost your heart."

Zhu Qizhen looked up to the sky and laughed, that laughter seemed to burst from his dull chest, filled with blazing anger, trying to burn everything around him: "Good! Good! You are indeed my aunt! You want me to stay in the Xiaoqi camp to hide my strength and bide my time , because she doesn’t want to show off for the time being! She wants me to work secretly for her to overthrow the abolished empress and the queen mother Zhaoxian! She wants me to do her secret work because she wants to kill the regent! She wants to get rid of me for the sake of the emperor! Auntie! Auntie! Why bother!"

Zhu Qizhen kept laughing, very tragically and sadly. He didn't know whether he was laughing at himself or at Zhu Chengbi. He took the glass of raw jade with a smile, almost bursting into tears, and raised his glass high and said: : "Auntie! The Regent deserves to be defeated by you! You deserve to sit on such a high and lonely seat! Besides you, who else is more suitable to be the Empress Dowager of the Great Zhou Dynasty? My nephew wishes you, I wish you longevity in Kao Mianhong in this life, I wish you eternal happiness, and I wish you all the blessings!"

Zhu Qizhen closed his eyes and shouted with all his strength: "Empress Dowager, good luck and prosperity!"

Zhu Qizhen raised his head suddenly, and the pear blossoms were as white as a dexterous snake, flowing in freely, disappearing cleanly between the lips and teeth and the mouthpiece.

Severe pain suddenly surged from the abdomen and rushed into the limbs, as if trying to break through every inch of pore in the body.There is also a sharp sharp knife, scraping fiercely inside the body, as if it wants to stir up the internal organs, and it will not stop.

Zhu Qizhen knelt down on the ground with a "plop", mouthfuls of blood fell from his mouth, he looked up at Zhuxi with difficulty, and saw Xiao Zhuyun's face from the eyes that could not conceal the sadness of Zhuxi.

Debts owed must always be repaid.

Throughout the ages, it is better to be.

"Auntie, I'm sorry..."

Zhu Xi took a step back suspiciously, trying to search for something in Zhu Qizhen's weakened eyes, but found nothing.

"Aunt, I beg you, my tomb is with Chuanzong... and Kapok, Yicheng, they are innocent after all..."

Zhu Qizhen lay down slumped, and as far as his eyes could see, there were large flakes of goose-feather-like snowflakes falling. On that day, Sun Chuanzong died in his arms.

"Chuanzong... I'm here..."

Zhu Xi stared blankly at Zhu Qizhen, his eyes slowly closed, and a snowflake fell into his hand, merging into the dripping blood that was vomited.

Snowing?

Zhu Xi was stunned for a moment, now, it is only the ninth day of September, why is it snowing?

Kapok was in so much pain that she could hardly breathe.

Four or five medical girls and midwives surrounded the kapok and said anxiously, "Ma'am! Use more strength! Use more strength!"

Kapok seemed to turn a deaf ear to it, and just stared at Zhu's breathing, with a sad arc on the corner of her lips: "Auntie! Tell me! Tell me! Why did the queen mother kill her husband! Why!"

Zhu Xi tightly held the silk in his hand, and remained silent, but Zhu Yu hurriedly opened the curtain and came in, whispering in Zhu Xi's ear.

Kapok's face was almost distorted, and the severe pain was like a cold iron ring sinking into her bones layer by layer: "What else! What else!"

Zhu Xi tactfully said: "Madam should concentrate on giving birth, it's better not to know."

Mu Mian glared at Zhu Xi angrily, and the tone of his voice forced out the horror of bleeding: "Now, what else can I not accept? You tell me!"

Zhu Xi let out a long sigh: "Mrs. Jia'an Jun, hanged herself from the beam."

"What?" Mu Mian was taken aback, but in an instant, there was a worse pain, and the abdomen was almost torn apart.

Qiu Yicheng is dead?When you are alive, you can't compete with me.Now that my husband is dead, do you want to go to Naihe Bridge to reunite with him before me?

The panic-stricken voice of the midwife sounded: "Madam is a big hit!"

Zhu Xi grasped Kapok's hand, and said eagerly: "Kapian! Kapok! Listen to me, don't worry about other things, this child is Zhu Qizhen's only blood, you can't let her live this long world!"

Kapok stared at Zhu Xi in confusion, and her voice became softer: "The people of the world are so indifferent..."

"Kapok! This child will receive the best protection. The Empress Dowager said she will be made the Lord Weng! What she owes to you and Zhu Qizhen will be made up to this child."

Mu Mian's eyes lit up, like the last starlight before a meteor faded away, she suddenly burst out with strength, held Zhu Xi's hand tightly, and jumped on her forehead: "She killed my husband! I can't! I can't let her die!" Raise my children!"

Zhu Xi was so frightened that his face paled for a while, and he quickly covered Mu Mian's mouth: "You don't want to die!"

Zhu Xi panted violently, raised his head, and said in a voiceless voice: "You promise me! You promise me! Don't give this child to the Queen Mother! Give it to Chen Zhengze! Let him take the child and leave the capital! I know he will! He will definitely! "

Zhu Xi was in a dilemma and didn't know how to answer.

"If you don't agree, I will die with this child!" Mu Mian said hoarsely, his chest was filled with breath, and tears and sweat rolled down his cheeks, "Mother Empress! You killed my family of four! You are not afraid of losing your lifespan." !"

Zhu Xi hurriedly said: "I promise you! I promise you!"

Wave after wave of pain in the abdomen rushed up like a raging sea, and the limbs and bones were about to split apart. The pain was unbearable, and the bones all over the body seemed to "creak and creak" to break free.

Zhu Xi's voice was extremely anxious, and he said anxiously to the midwife: "What are you doing here, hurry up and get the oxytocin!"

Kapok was so painful that she almost passed out, her knuckles turned white while clutching the brocade quilt tightly, and the veins on the back of her hands were stretched, but a soft music gradually sounded from the bottom of her heart.

In the mist, it seemed that he had returned to the Zhu Mansion in the south of the city. When he woke up on the second day of the wedding, it was the sound of music lingering outside the Chenxi Pavilion.

The red candle at the head of the bed has long been burned out, and the remaining red tears are falling down, like crimson coral, only the incense mist in the tent is floating, presenting an incomplete ring, the eyes turn around, and the Baizi brocade behind is quilted. It is still folded intact, like a dream that cannot bear to be touched.

With the sound of a clear baby crying, Mu Mian tiredly closed his eyes.

On the ninth day of September in the third year of Qianyuan, Zhu Qizhen, the new minister of the Ministry of War, died suddenly.According to his last words, his daughter was brought up by Chen Zhengze, the new right servant of the Ministry of War. Chen Zhengze proposed a name for his adoptive father, taking the right half of the word "Zhen" and the left half of the word "Mian". Chen Yuzhen.

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